When we love something we tend to inflate its relative importance in the world and for that reason and other reasons I believe the following. I doubt that in 30 years there is another revival of interest in Synthesizers as we have today. Yes there will still be people (us) who collect and value both...

I have a JV-880 and 1080 and love them both the 880 is very underrated and has more punch in the bottom end that the 1080. I have Vintage, World, Piano and Orchestral cards installed and planning on addind the ASIA and another Vintage card to the 880.

What about the gear used in Blemish or in Dead Bees on a cake??? I love those ethereal synths!!!! I am sure he still would have a Pro 5 lying around somewhere Roland D-50 has been a favourite of his too. He uses a bit of Clavia Nord gear and is the lucky owner of a Hartman Neuron! I dont have it on...

This is a truly silly debate and totally subjective. It is like Which sounds better a Fender or a Gibson! This is even more stupid as this thread does not even have 2 machines to compare it is just the Mini! Fact is the Mini does the best job of sounding like a Mini but it does a c**p job sounding l...

Magnetic Tape (Yes we had direct to disk recording before that but seriously !) Amplification ! (So more than a few people can hear it) Sampling (Melotron which in turn motivated digital Sampling) Computers and the associated software and plugin technology (Now anybody can afford to record and produ...

I have a MKS-70 have had for many years. Used to have an 8P before that and a MKS-80 and would never get rid of it for any money. I dont know any other synth current or vintage that can produce such warm synth strings. I only turn it on when I know I have a sound just perfect for what I am doing. I ...

Actually I remember clearly the times before MIDI and how Intuitive it was from its inception. I had no more computer exposure than anybody else at the time but MIDI just worked and is still working well today although both then and now data speed is an issue. Automatic I dont know how old you are ...

Not taking the piss here but I hear quiet a few people saying they are baffled or confused by MIDI . Can you explain what is it about MIDI that is not intuitive ? Rgds Ross A system which is truly intuitive requires no instruction, no direction. A person understands the function of the system due t...